Alabama Football: Game-by-game predictions for the defending champions
3. Ole Miss (Sept. 15)
Remember when I said Alabama will use part of the Arkansas State week to prepare and install packages early for Ole Miss? Well, they are really just doing that to have time to install and prep early for Texas A&M during the Ole Miss week.
Ole Miss does not really have much going for them other than a very good wide receiver in junior, A. J. Brown. Coach Matt Luke is in his second year as Head Coach for Ole Miss. He has his hands full with a young team who has no chance of making a bowl game and currently, limited scholarships.
It is a rivalry game, in Oxford, Mississippi, and Ole Miss has won two of the past four games. So, some may say Ole Miss has a fighting chance. But there have also been some pretty bad blowouts, to include an Alabama win of 66-3 last year. Coach Saban will be finalizing his roster for the rest of the season in this game and the score will reflect that of Alabama players establishing themselves in their starting roles.